3rd-gen iPhone's hardware suppliers get named

According to industry sources in Taiwan playing roles in
Apple's latest upcoming crown jewel, the device is definitely on track to be
launched by mid-2009 with the first batch estimated to be around five million
units.

Assembly suppliers will begin hardware shipments for the
3rd-generation iPhone starting from May, the sources said. As of recent, we
have begun to see a trickle hardware supplier information for the new device
floating around the net. Thanks to the guys at Digitimes, we may have a
complete list here:

On another note, TSMC and two of its subsidiaries are likely
to benefit from their roles in the manufacturing of the next-generation iPhone.
According to Taiwanese sources, TSMC
itself has likely landed itself a sizable chunk of change with foundry orders for Bluetooth integrated circuits, GSM EDGE
power amplifiers, and the 3.2 megapixel OmniVision CMOS image sensor. The
sensor will undergo wafer-level chip-scale packaging and testing from Xintec
Inc. while VisEra will manufacture its on-chip color filters.

All in all, we can positively withhold the idea that a next-generation
iPhone is real and is currently in the making.